Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 15 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb shanks, prime rib eye steak, mature hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Penfolds Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon represents the winery's spirit of innovation and experimentation, a tradition initiated by legendary winemaker Max Schubert. Unlike the classic Bin series which often utilizes American oak, the Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is typically crafted in small batches and matured in premium French oak barriques to emphasize a more refined, aromatic, and structurally elegant expression of the variety. Sourced from prized vineyards across South Australia's premier regions—such as Coonawarra and Barossa Valley—this wine showcases a contemporary interpretation of Australian Cabernet. It is highly regarded for its vibrant fruit profile, structural complexity, and the meticulous craftsmanship characteristic of Penfolds' experimental cellar releases.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1844 by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary at the Magill Estate in South Australia, Penfolds is one of Australia's oldest and most iconic wine producers. The estate achieved legendary international acclaim during the 1950s under visionary chief winemaker Max Schubert, who created Penfolds Grange and revolutionized the country's winemaking techniques. Driven by a celebrated philosophy of multi-regional and multi-varietal blending, Penfolds sources exceptional fruit across historic Australian terroirs—such as the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and Coonawarra—as well as select premier global regions. The house is universally revered for powerful, impeccably structured, and long-lived wines, led by its flagship Grange, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, and celebrated Bin series.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.0% - 14.5%